John Donne's "The Good Morrow"

The Good Morrow
by John Donne

I WONDER by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ?
But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ?
Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ?
'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ;
If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.

And now good-morrow to our waking souls,
Which watch not one another out of fear ;
For love all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ;
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ;
Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one.

My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;
Where can we find two better hemispheres
Without sharp north, without declining west ?
Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;
If our two loves be one, or thou and I
Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.

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• poetry
• Metaphysical
• Poetry
• John
• Donne
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[lizrider1]

I had to read this poem at a wedding. I watched Prof. John Barrett over and over - he read it so beautifully, I loved it. I heard and then said each sentence back to him! I was complimented lots when I had done my reading. thank you so much John Barrett - dont know how I would have done the reading without you!

Liz Rider

[SAOProductions1955]

Thanks Professor Barrett for your recitation.

[Jcsavior91]

This really helped in memorizing The Good-Morrow for my Poetry Out Loud Competition..Most of the other videos for The Good-Morrow are poorly receited..

[05wilmarie05]

Thanks, this really helped me! 'The Good Morrow' is my favourite poem and i simply love reading it over and over again, and although it has special meaning for me it's hard to explain to someone else. thanks again-beautiful reading!